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Entrepreneurship – from ideas to reality Badge icon
Money & Business

Entrepreneurship – from ideas to reality

...community, rather than maximising profit for shareholders and owners. Community enterprise – generally taken to be a social enterprise owned and run by a geographical community or a community of interest. Co-operative – an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Using visualisation in maths teaching
Education & Development

Using visualisation in maths teaching

...communicating whatever style you use (within reason) so of course they would get more skilled at using this ‘tool’ in particular. Yes, but they find it very difficult. I believe that it is like a muscle in the brain that can improve like any other with exercise. So, yes. Yes. How do you think it improves concepts and skills? It facilitates communication of meaning. A...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Nuclear power: friend or foe?
Society, Politics & Law

Nuclear power: friend or foe?

...communities that host nuclear plants. Among the population as a whole, low-carbon electricity from nuclear energy is seen as far preferable to the high carbon emissions from coal, oil and gas. And nuclear is seen as necessary to plug the ‘energy gap’ and prevent the lights going out...Nuclear power: friend or foe?: 3.2 Arguments against nuclear energy - Safety With...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
The global pursuit of equitable football coaching legacies from Africa and The Caribbean to the UK
Health, Sports & Psychology

The global pursuit of equitable football coaching legacies from Africa and The Caribbean to the UK

...community, including highly qualified coaches and administrators within it, represents an underutilised resource that CAF and CONCACAF must actively recruit, develop, and promote. Accountability and data: CAF and CONCACAF both lack comprehensive data tracking progress. The UK FA’s Football Leadership Diversity Code (FLDC) improves transparency, but independent...
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Article 10 mins
Learning, thinking and doing
Science, Maths & Technology

Learning, thinking and doing

...communication that you will find in this course – indeed they are not likely to have much effect if you do not combine them with self-reflection and review. Reflection on your own learning is part of this course because it can improve both the quality and the quantity of what you learn, especially if you give yourself time to reflect adequately as a regular part of...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Multidisciplinary study: the value and benefits Badge icon
Education & Development

Multidisciplinary study: the value and benefits

...community. The courses also provide another way of helping you to progress from informal to formal learning. To complete a course you need to be able to find about 5 hours of study time, over a period of about 2 weeks. However, it is possible to study them at any time, and at a pace to suit you. Badged courses are all available on The Open University’s OpenLearn website...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Introducing environmental decision making
Nature & Environment

Introducing environmental decision making

...community in planning decisions and improvements. What processes do we go through in making these decisions about different possible courses of action? Are they the same every time? Are they the same for everyone? Just as there are different types of decision, there are also different approaches to decision making that are relevant in different circumstances. Some...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Primary education: listening and observing Badge icon
Education & Development

Primary education: listening and observing

...community. By the end of this week, you should be able to: recognise specific elements of lifelong learning understand adult professional learning in the primary school develop skills to encourage children to be lifelong learners...Session 8: Adults and lifelong learning in the primary school: 1 A headteacher talks about lifelong learning - For this final session,...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs